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Health Science Cards (Mrs. Lane)

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Term
Definition
seb   sebaceous glands  
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cutanem dermat, derm   skin  
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hidr   sweat glands  
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pil   hair  
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oste, oss, ost   bones  
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chond   cartilage  
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arthr   joints  
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ligament   ligaments  
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myel   bone marrows  
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fasci   fascia  
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my   muscles  
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ten, tend, tendin   tendons  
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encephal   brain  
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acoust, ot   ears  
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ocul, ophthalm   eyes  
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neur   nerves  
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myel   spinal cord  
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arteri   arteries  
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hem, hemat   blood  
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cardi, card   heart  
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phleb, ven   veins  
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capill   capillaries  
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lymph   lymph  
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splen   spleen  
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thym   thymus  
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tonsill   tonsils  
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laryng   larynx  
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pneum, pneumon   lungs  
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nas   nose  
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pharyng   pharynx  
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trache   trachea  
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sinus   sinuses  
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esophag   espohagus  
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col   large intestine  
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hepat   liver  
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or   mouth  
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pancreat   pancreas  
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enter   intestine  
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gastr   stomach  
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nephr, ren   kidneys  
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ureter   ureters  
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urethr   urethra  
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cyst, vesic   urinary bladder  
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adren   adrenals  
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gonad   gonads  
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pancreat   pancreas  
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parathyroid   parathyroids  
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pineal   pineal  
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pituit   pituitary  
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thym   thymus  
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thyroid   thyroid  
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orch, orchid, test, testicul   testicles  
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oophor, orchid, test, testicul   ovaries  
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hystr, metr, metri, uter   uterus  
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pertaining to   -al  
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enzyme   -ase  
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budding   -blast  
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surgical puncture   -centesis  
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causing death   -cidal  
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broken   -clast  
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separate   -crit  
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cell   -cyte  
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surgical removal/excision   -ectomy  
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blood condition   -emia  
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vomit   -emesis  
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producing   -gen, -genesis, -genic  
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glue   -glia  
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something written   -gram  
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condition of, diseased or abnormal state   -ia  
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pertaining to   -iac, -ic, -ior  
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state of   -ism  
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inflammation   -itia, -itis  
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study of   -logy  
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dissolve   -lyte  
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destroy, reduce   -lytic  
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madness   -mania  
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enlargement   -megaly  
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instrument used to measure   -meter  
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smell   -odia  
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one who is an expert in   -ologist  
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tumor   -oma  
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vision   -opia  
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to view   -opsy  
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flow, excessive discharge   -orrhea  
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rupture   -orrhexis  
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abnormal increase in production   -osis  
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artificial opening   -ostomy  
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incision   -otomy  
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oxygen   -oxia  
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disease   -pathy  
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hardening   -sclerosis  
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instrument for visual exam   -scope  
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infection   -sepsis  
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muscle contraction   -spasm  
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control, stop   -stasis  
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cutting   -tomy  
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influencing   -tropic  
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visual exam   scopy  
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lacking, deficient   a- , an-  
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away from   ab-  
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near, toward to   ad-  
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up, toward, apart   ana-  
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before, in front of, forward   ante-  
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against, opposing   anti-  
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appendix   append-  
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to hang something   b- , bin-  
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slow   brady-  
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against, opposed   contra-  
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two   di-  
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apart, free from   dis-  
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outside of   ecto-, exo-  
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outside of, beyond   extra-  
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within, inside   endo-  
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upon, on, over   epi-  
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red   erythr-  
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glucose, sugar   glyc-  
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excessive, above, beyond   hyper-  
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under, beneath, deficient   hypo-  
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in, into, within   im-  
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below, beneath   infra-  
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between, the middle   inter-  
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within, into   intra-  
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same, equal   iso-  
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bad, abnormal   macro-  
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bad, abnormal   mal-  
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middle   meso-  
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change   meta-  
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small   micro-  
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one   mono-  
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many   multi-  
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genetic change   mut-  
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new   neo-  
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beside, beyond, after   para-  
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disease   patho-  
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around, surrounding   peri-  
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many, much   poly-  
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after, behind   post-  
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before, in front of   pre-  
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false   pseudo-  
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again   re-  
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backwards, behind   retro-  
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half   semi-  
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under, below   sub-  
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above, excess, superior   super-  
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together, with   syn-  
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fast   tachy-  
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four   tetra-  
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across, through, beyond   trans-  
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three   tri-  
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beyond, excess   ultra-  
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one   uni-  
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AA   alcoholics anonymus  
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ac   before meals  
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AD/a.d.   right ear  
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ad ib   freely, as often as desired  
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am, AM   morning  
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AS, a.s.   left ear  
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AU, a.u.   each ear  
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BE   barium enima  
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BID, b.i.d., bid   twice a day  
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BP   blood pressure  
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BR   bedrest  
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BRP   bathroom privelages  
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BM   bowel movements  
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Bx   biopsy  
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c   with  
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CA, Ca   carcinoma (cancer)  
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cap.   capsule  
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disc, DC, d.c.   discontinue  
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DNR   do not resusicate  
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Dx, dx   diagnosis  
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ED   emergency department  
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ER   emergency room  
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Fx, fx   fracture  
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g, gm   gram  
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gt, gtt   drop, drops  
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h   hour  
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h.s.   hours of sleep (bedtime)  
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Ht., ht   height  
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inj.   injection  
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I and O I/O   intake and output  
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IV   intravenous  
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K+, K   potassium  
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mg   miligram  
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N&V   nausea and vomiting  
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Na, NA+   sodium  
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NC   nasal cannula  
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NPO   nothing by mouth  
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NPO p MN   nothing by mouth past midnight  
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oint., ung   ointment  
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OOB   out of bed  
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OTC   over the counter  
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oz.   ounce  
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P   pulse  
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p.c.   after meals  
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pH   power of hydrogen concentration  
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PM, p.m.   afternoon  
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PO, p.o., po   by mouth  
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PRN   as needed  
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q. am.   every morning  
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q.h.   every afternoon  
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q.i.d.   four times a day  
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QNS   quantity not sufficient  
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q.s.   quantity sufficient  
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r, R   rectal  
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Rx   prescription  
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s   without  
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SOB   shortness of breath  
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ss   one-half  
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stat   immediately  
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syr.   syrup  
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susp.   suspension  
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sup., supp.   suppository  
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T   temperature  
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tab.   tablet  
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tbsp.   tablespoon  
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TID, t.i.d.   three times a day  
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TPR   temperature, pulse, and respirations  
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tsp.   teaspoon  
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Tx   treatmenr  
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VS   vital signs  
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W/C, w/c   wheelchair  
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